Volume 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\nEnvironment in History: International Perspectives<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cEach chapter is written by an authority on the topic and contains primary bibliographic sources. Overall, the scientific content is accurate and free of obvious partiality.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe editors did a heroic job of assembling and connecting a group of articles from contributors active in interdisciplinary research and studies. They span multiple disciplines (sociology, history, philosophy, economics, and political science), assorted methodologies, different time frames, venues, and geographies\u2026 In summary, the absence of knowledge has powerfully shaped the history and social organization of our toxic world. And for this reason,<\/em> Powerless Science? merits reading and reflective rereading.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 International Social Science Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe book will be of interest to the new wave of anthropological studies on toxic contamination and will open the door for researchers and practitioners to actively reimagine what a regulatory apparatus that is de-centered from science might look like.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Medical Anthropology Quarterly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe editors of<\/em> Powerless Science? were successful in overcoming the problem of disparate narratives, ever present in edited collections, especially those dealing with interdisciplinary themes. Although the book embraces different approaches\u2026 the diverse perspectives offer different faces of a common research object\u2026 [and] provides an extremely rich introduction\u2026 The book has also benefited from\u2026 the proven professional skills of the authors, all of whom are renowned scholars with successful careers in their respective perspectives on regulatory science.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 AMBIX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThis volume makes a useful companion for understanding the institutional histories and practices that assist in limiting or allowing, ignoring or acknowledging, toxic exposures.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Medicine Anthropology Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201c\u2026the empirical payload of the collection\u2026is substantial. The book will be of interest to the new wave of anthropological studies on toxic contamination and will open the door for researchers and practitioners to actively reimagine what a regulatory apparatus that is de-centered from science might look like.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Medical Anthropology Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThis is an innovative, very well organized and overall well written book on one of the most pressing issues of today\u2019s society: the way chemicals contaminate the environment, and how we deal with it\u2026 most of the chapters cleverly combine the case study approach with universal features. It is surprising how well this works, both in the chapters and in the book at large.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Carsten Reinhardt<\/strong>, CEO and President of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In spite of decades of research on toxicants, along with the growing role of scientific expertise in public policy and the unprecedented rise in the number of national and international institutions dealing with environmental health issues, problems surrounding contaminants and their effects on health have never appeared so important, sometimes to the point of appearing insurmountable. This calls for a reconsideration of the roles of scientific knowledge and expertise in the definition and management of toxic issues, which this book seeks to do. It looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSoraya Boudia <\/a><\/strong>is Professor of Sociology at Universit\u00e9 Paris Descartes (Sorbonne Paris Cit\u00e9). Her scholarly work focuses on the transnational government of technological and health environmental risks. She has co-authored a special issue of History and Technology<\/em>, \u201cRisk and risk Society in Historical Perspective\u201d (2007), and Toxicants, Health and Regulations<\/em> Since 1945 <\/em>(Pickering & Chatto, 2013), both with Nathalie Jas.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNathalie Jas <\/a><\/strong>is a Senior Researcher at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). A historian and a STS scholar, her scholarly work analyses the intensification of agriculture and its social, environmental, and health effects. She has co-edited a special issue of History and Technology<\/em>, \u201cRisk and risk Society in Historical Perspective\u201d (2007), and Toxicants, Health and Regulations<\/em> Since 1945 <\/em>(Pickering & Chatto, 2013), both with Soraya Boudia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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List of Figures
Acknowledgements<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Introduction:<\/strong> Greatness and Misery of Science in a Toxic World
Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nPART I : KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN REGULATORY SYSTEMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 1. <\/strong>Precaution and the History of Endocrine Disruptors
Nancy Langston<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 2. <\/strong>The Political Life of Mutagens: A History of the Ames Test
Angela N. H. Creager<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 3.<\/strong> DES, Cancer and Endocrine Perturbation: Ways of Regulating, Chemical Risks and Public Expertise in the United States
Jean-Paul Gaudilli\u00e8re<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 4.<\/strong> Managing Scientific and Political Uncertainty. Environmental Risk Assessment in an Historical Perspective
Soraya Boudia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nPART II : ACTIVISM AND NON-ACTIVISM: ALTERNATIVE USES OF KNOWLEDGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 5.<\/strong> Work, Bodies, Militancy: the \u201cClass Ecology\u201d Debate in 1970s Italy
Stefania Barca<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 6.<\/strong> What Kind of Knowledge is Needed about Toxicant- Related Health Issues? Some Lessons Drawn from the Seveso Dioxin
Laura Centemeri<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 7. <\/strong>From Suspicious Illness to Policy Change in Petrochemical Regions: Popular Epidemiology, Science and the Law in the U.S. and Italy
Barbara Allen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 8.<\/strong> Guinea Pigs go to Court. Epidemiology and Class Actions in Taiwan
Paul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nPART III: PUTTING KNOWLEDGE, IGNORANCE, AND REGULATIONN INTO PERSPECTIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 9.<\/strong> Reckless Laws, Contaminated People: Science Reveals Legal Shortcomings in Public Health Protections
Carl Cranor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 10. <\/strong>Untangling Ignorance in Environmental Risk Assessment
Scott Frickel and Michelle Edwards<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 11. <\/strong>Low Dose Toxicology: Narratives from the Science-Transcience Interface
Sheldon Krimsky<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapter 12. <\/strong>Unruly Technologies and Fractured Oversight: Towards a Model for Chemical Control for the Twenty First Century
Jody A. Roberts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nList of Contributors
Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n290 pages, 18 illus., bibliog., index<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISBN 978-1-78238-236-2 \/ Hb \/ Published (January 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISBN 978-1-78533-198-5 \/ Pb \/ Published (January 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/title\/BoudiaPowerless<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cEach chapter is written by an authority on the topic and contains primary bibliographic sources. Overall, the scientific content is accurate and free of obvious partiality.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe editors did a heroic job of assembling and connecting a group of articles from contributors active in interdisciplinary research and studies. They span multiple disciplines (sociology, history, philosophy, economics, and political science), assorted methodologies, different time frames, venues, and geographies\u2026 In summary, the absence of knowledge has powerfully shaped the history and social organization of our toxic world. And for this reason,<\/em> Powerless Science? merits reading and reflective rereading.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 International Social Science Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe book will be of interest to the new wave of anthropological studies on toxic contamination and will open the door for researchers and practitioners to actively reimagine what a regulatory apparatus that is de-centered from science might look like.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Medical Anthropology Quarterly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe editors of<\/em> Powerless Science? were successful in overcoming the problem of disparate narratives, ever present in edited collections, especially those dealing with interdisciplinary themes. Although the book embraces different approaches\u2026 the diverse perspectives offer different faces of a common research object\u2026 [and] provides an extremely rich introduction\u2026 The book has also benefited from\u2026 the proven professional skills of the authors, all of whom are renowned scholars with successful careers in their respective perspectives on regulatory science.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 AMBIX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis volume makes a useful companion for understanding the institutional histories and practices that assist in limiting or allowing, ignoring or acknowledging, toxic exposures.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Medicine Anthropology Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026the empirical payload of the collection\u2026is substantial. The book will be of interest to the new wave of anthropological studies on toxic contamination and will open the door for researchers and practitioners to actively reimagine what a regulatory apparatus that is de-centered from science might look like.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Medical Anthropology Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is an innovative, very well organized and overall well written book on one of the most pressing issues of today\u2019s society: the way chemicals contaminate the environment, and how we deal with it\u2026 most of the chapters cleverly combine the case study approach with universal features. It is surprising how well this works, both in the chapters and in the book at large.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Carsten Reinhardt<\/strong>, CEO and President of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia<\/p>\n\n\n\n In spite of decades of research on toxicants, along with the growing role of scientific expertise in public policy and the unprecedented rise in the number of national and international institutions dealing with environmental health issues, problems surrounding contaminants and their effects on health have never appeared so important, sometimes to the point of appearing insurmountable. This calls for a reconsideration of the roles of scientific knowledge and expertise in the definition and management of toxic issues, which this book seeks to do. It looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soraya Boudia <\/a><\/strong>is Professor of Sociology at Universit\u00e9 Paris Descartes (Sorbonne Paris Cit\u00e9). Her scholarly work focuses on the transnational government of technological and health environmental risks. She has co-authored a special issue of History and Technology<\/em>, \u201cRisk and risk Society in Historical Perspective\u201d (2007), and Toxicants, Health and Regulations<\/em> Since 1945 <\/em>(Pickering & Chatto, 2013), both with Nathalie Jas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nathalie Jas <\/a><\/strong>is a Senior Researcher at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). A historian and a STS scholar, her scholarly work analyses the intensification of agriculture and its social, environmental, and health effects. She has co-edited a special issue of History and Technology<\/em>, \u201cRisk and risk Society in Historical Perspective\u201d (2007), and Toxicants, Health and Regulations<\/em> Since 1945 <\/em>(Pickering & Chatto, 2013), both with Soraya Boudia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n List of Figures Introduction:<\/strong> Greatness and Misery of Science in a Toxic World PART I : KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN REGULATORY SYSTEMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 1. <\/strong>Precaution and the History of Endocrine Disruptors Chapter 2. <\/strong>The Political Life of Mutagens: A History of the Ames Test Chapter 3.<\/strong> DES, Cancer and Endocrine Perturbation: Ways of Regulating, Chemical Risks and Public Expertise in the United States Chapter 4.<\/strong> Managing Scientific and Political Uncertainty. Environmental Risk Assessment in an Historical Perspective PART II : ACTIVISM AND NON-ACTIVISM: ALTERNATIVE USES OF KNOWLEDGE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 5.<\/strong> Work, Bodies, Militancy: the \u201cClass Ecology\u201d Debate in 1970s Italy Chapter 6.<\/strong> What Kind of Knowledge is Needed about Toxicant- Related Health Issues? Some Lessons Drawn from the Seveso Dioxin Chapter 7. <\/strong>From Suspicious Illness to Policy Change in Petrochemical Regions: Popular Epidemiology, Science and the Law in the U.S. and Italy Chapter 8.<\/strong> Guinea Pigs go to Court. Epidemiology and Class Actions in Taiwan PART III: PUTTING KNOWLEDGE, IGNORANCE, AND REGULATIONN INTO PERSPECTIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 9.<\/strong> Reckless Laws, Contaminated People: Science Reveals Legal Shortcomings in Public Health Protections Chapter 10. <\/strong>Untangling Ignorance in Environmental Risk Assessment Chapter 11. <\/strong>Low Dose Toxicology: Narratives from the Science-Transcience Interface Chapter 12. <\/strong>Unruly Technologies and Fractured Oversight: Towards a Model for Chemical Control for the Twenty First Century List of Contributors 290 pages, 18 illus., bibliog., index<\/p>\n\n\n\n ISBN 978-1-78238-236-2 \/ Hb \/ Published (January 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n ISBN 978-1-78533-198-5 \/ Pb \/ Published (January 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/title\/BoudiaPowerless<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Acknowledgements<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soraya Boudia and Nathalie Jas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nancy Langston<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Angela N. H. Creager<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jean-Paul Gaudilli\u00e8re<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soraya Boudia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stefania Barca<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Laura Centemeri<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barbara Allen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul Jobin and Yu-Hwei Tseng<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carl Cranor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scott Frickel and Michelle Edwards<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheldon Krimsky<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jody A. Roberts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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